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LOREN HART, OF NORA SPRINGS, IOVA.

WASHING-*MACHINE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 679,147, dated July 23, 1901.

2 Application led January 19, 1900 To @ZZ roh/0m, it may concern: p

Beit known that I, LOREN D. HART, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Nora Springs, in the county of Floyd and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Washing-Machine, of which the followingis a`speccation.

My object is to provide improved mechanism for detachably and adjustably connecting a clothes-pounder to a tub to be reciprocated and swung about in the tub to pound and wash clothing spread about in the tub and submerged in water.

My invention consists in a handle iixed to a pounder and detachably and adjustably connected witlra lever, an adjustable post for supporting a lever, an adjustable device for detachably fastening the post to a tub, a lever pivotally connected with the post, and a clamp pivotally connected with the lever for adjustably and detachably connecting the pounder-handle with the lever, constructed and combined as hereinafter set forth, pointed'out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, showing how it can be applied to a tub as required for practical use. Fig. 2 is ani enlarged detail view showing howthe lever is pivotally connected with a portion of the lever-support. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View showing how the handle of the pounder is adjustably and detachably com nected with the lever.

A designates a pounder provided with a handle D. A wooden handle is fitted in the socket B and has a shoulder that engages the top edge of the socket. A series of transverse notches f in the central portion of the handle 4are adapted to engage rivets in a clasp pivotally connectedwith the lever. The lever is a straight wooden bar H, and H2 is a guide-bar.- The rounded ends of the 1ever H and bar H2 are pivoted to a clip J, made of sheet metal, and the other end of the bar H2 is connected with the central portion of the lever H by means of a straight metal strap J2, and also pivotally connected with a clasp adapted for detachably and adjustably connecting the handle D with Athe bar H2 for operating the handle and pounder by means of the lever H.

. Serial No. 2,002, (No modeld A clasp K, consisting of a single piece ol sheet metal bent double, is pivoted at its top end to the upperend portion of the bar H2 to fasten the handle D of the pounder, as shown in Fig. 3, in such a manner that the lever can be vibrated to carry and operate the pounder in a perpendicular position in different portions of the tub. The lower rivet S2 extends through the clasp and also through the lever H, and the upper rivet extends through the clasp and the endof the bar H2, and both the rivets S2 are adapted to enter notches j in the face of the handle D. To fasten the handle D in lthe clasp K, a screw-bolt K2 is extended through the mating parallel ends of the clasp and a winged nut placed on the screw for compressing the clasp on the 11andle, as shown Fig. 3.

To pivotally connect the lever and pounder with a tub, I have provided a Wooden post L, that has a bore and metal fer-rule at itsI top to serve as a socket, and a shoulder m at its centralportion and inside face adapted to engage the top edge of a tub, and an integral inclined downward extension m', adapted to overlie the outside of a tub, and an exterior shoulder or enlargement n at its lower end, and a vertical bore in said extension through which a clamp-iron r is extended and adjusted by means of a thumb-nut r on its screw-threaded top end. The Vlower end of the clamp is in the form of a hook r", `adapted to engage the bottom of a tub, as shown in Fig. l. The post L may thus be readily attached to tubs diiering in height by means of the clamp-.iron r being adjustable.

A Ushaped support for the lever is preferably made of a metal tube S. It has one of its ends connected to the lever by means of the clip J, through which it is extended and. secured by means of keys s or in any suitable Way, and its other end is simply inserted in the bore of the post L, having freedom to swing only horizontally.

In the practical operation of my invention when detachably and adjustably connected with a tub the pounder A may be readily moved about over clothing in all parts of the tub or tubs and pressed down upon the clothing by seizing the free end of the lever or the top of the handle that carries the pounder, and when the downward pressure is applied IOO dle D of the pounder A. Every downward pressure of the lever and pounder will cause air in the pounder to be confined and compressed and to be forced out with Water through the meshes of textile fabrics in the l tub, as required, to loosen and relnove dirt therefrom without rubbing and straining the fiber and wearing and damaging the articles subjected to such action of the machine.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, its practical utility will be obvious to persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ls-

1. In awashing-machine, a lever pivotally connected with a post, a bar pivotally connected with the same post and connected with the lever by means of a strap pivoted to the end of the bar and the central portion of the lever, a clasp pivoted to the end portion of the bar by means of a rivet, a screw-bolt eX- tended through the ends of the clasp for tighteningthe same, a rivet extended through the lower portion of the clasp and the lever and a handle having notches in one of its faces to admit the rivets extended through said clasp, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In a washing -machine attachment, a straight upright having a bore in its top portion for pivotally connecting a lever-support and a shoulder at its bottom to engage the top edge of a tub, an inclined extension below said shoulder adapted to overlie the outside face of a tub, a shoulder at the bottom of said inclined extension and a vertical bore in the lower end portion, a clamp device consisting of a rod having a hook at its lower end to engage the bottom of a tub extended through said bore and a uut screwing on its top end, arranged and combined in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

. LOREN D. HART.

lVitnesses:

H. S. MORPHEW, Jr., L. B. SUNDERLIN. 

